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Can you see the error?

My code:

def initialize(context):  
    context.security = sid(8554) #spy  
    context.risk = 4.0 #4%  
def handle_data(context, data):  
    #hist = data.history(context.security, 'price', 7200,'1m')  
    ma21 = data.history(context.security, 'price', 21, '1m')  
    ma55 = data.history(context.security, 'price', 55, '1m') 

    # Divide fast_ma by slow_ma to get momentum factor and z-score.  
    momentum = ma21 / ma55  
    #momentum_factor = momentum.zscore()  
    # EXECUTE TRADES  
    if ma21 > ma55:  
        order_target_percent(context.security, context.risk)  
    elif ma55 > ma21:  
        order_target_percent(context.security, -context.risk)  

The error:

ValueError:Series lengths must match to compare Line: 18 inhandle_data
if ma21 > ma55:

Can me someone please tell what the fuck is wrong with that super simple condition?
Thanks.

2 responses

I believe your are wanting to find the 21 minute and 55 minute moving average price? If so then add the mean method. Something like this

    ma21 = data.history(context.security, 'price', 21, '1m').mean()  
    ma55 = data.history(context.security, 'price', 55, '1m').mean()  

The error occurred because you were trying to compare two series with different lengths and not scaler values. The mean method will return a scaler.

See attached algo. Good luck!

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Ups! Forget that .mean(). Thanks!